As the convergence of cloud computing and advanced networking continues to reshape modern software development, edge-cloud-native paradigms have become essential for enabling scalable, resilient, and agile digital services that depend on high-performance, low-latency, and reliable communication. This study investigates the practical challenges of developing, deploying, and maintaining edge-cloud-native applications through in-depth interviews with professionals from diverse domains, including IT, finance, healthcare, education, and industry. Despite significant advancements in cloud technologies, practitioners, particularly those from non-technical backgrounds-continue to encounter substantial complexity stemming from fragmented toolchains, steep learning curves, and operational overhead of managing distributed networking and computing, ensuring consistent performance across hybrid environments, and navigating steep learning curves at the cloud-network boundary. Across sectors, participants consistently prioritized productivity, Quality of Service, and usability over conventional concerns such as cost or migration. These findings highlight the need for operationally simplified, SLA-aware, and developer-friendly platforms that streamline the full application lifecycle. This study contributes a practice-informed perspective to support the alignment of edge-cloud-native systems with the realities and needs of modern enterprises, offering critical insights for the advancement of seamless cloud-network convergence.

翻译：随着云计算与先进网络技术的融合持续重塑现代软件开发，边缘云原生范式已成为实现可扩展、弹性且敏捷的数字服务的关键，这些服务依赖于高性能、低延迟和可靠的通信。本研究通过对来自IT、金融、医疗、教育和工业等多个领域的专业人士进行深度访谈，探讨了开发、部署和维护边缘云原生应用的实际挑战。尽管云技术取得了显著进步，从业者，特别是那些来自非技术背景的人员，仍然面临着巨大的复杂性，这些复杂性源于碎片化的工具链、陡峭的学习曲线、管理分布式网络与计算的操作开销、确保混合环境中性能的一致性，以及在云网边界应对陡峭的学习曲线。在各行业中，参与者一致将生产力、服务质量和可用性置于成本或迁移等传统关注点之上。这些发现凸显了对操作简化、具备SLA意识且对开发者友好的平台的需求，以简化完整的应用生命周期。本研究贡献了一个基于实践的观点，以支持边缘云原生系统与现代企业的现实和需求保持一致，为推进无缝的云网融合提供了关键见解。